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The weekend’s stakes action at Woodbine Racetrack will begin Saturday afternoon with the $125,000 five and a half furlong Victoria Stakes for two-year-old fillies, and Ontario Bred Dancing Ducchess is 5-2 on the morning line.  Dancing Duchess, bred by Mitchell Kursner, bounced back from a seventh in her career debut on May 20 with an Read more

By Woodbine Communications/ Chris Lomon TORONTO – The Ontario Sire Heritage Series launched Saturday afternoon at Woodbine Racetrack with a pair of $100,000 stakes, the Lake Huron and Georgian Bay. The five-furlong Inner Turf events are part of the Ontario Sire Heritage Series, an eight-leg stakes series open to Ontario sired 3-year-olds, to be contested Read more

By Woodbine Communications/ Chris Lomon TORONTO, July 5, 2023 – A pair of stakes, the $100,000 Georgian Bay and $100,000 Lake Huron, mark the start of this year’s Ontario Sire Heritage Series, Saturday at Woodbine. Established in 2021, the Ontario Sire Heritage Series is comprised of three $100,000 legs and a $100,000 final for two divisions: Read more

By Woodbine Communications / Chris Lomon TORONTO, June 29, 2023 – Ontario Breds Twin City and Kaukokaipuu both broke through for their first stakes wins at the distance of seven furlongs last out and will be looking to use the Marine as a final stepping-stone to the King’s Plate. The Plate Trial, a 1 1/8-mile Read more

TORONTO, June 29, 2023 – Canada’s Horse of the Year in 2023 Moira is seeking her first graded stakes win in the G2 Nassau on Saturday at Woodbine Racetrack as part of a thrilling Canada Day Racing Festival card. Trained by Kevin Attard for owners X-Men Racing, Madaket Stables LLC, and SF Racing LLC, the Read more

TORONTO– Miss Speedy, under Sahin Civaci, rocketed away from her rivals down the lane to take the $100,000 Ballade Stakes on Saturday at Woodbine. The 5-year-old daughter of Souper Speedy-Miss Dorothy came into the six-furlong main track event for Ontario sired fillies & mares, 4-year-olds and upward, having gone winless in her past three starts. On Read more

TORONTO– Pleasure’s Gold, a 4-year-old daughter of Souper Speedy-Good as Gold, chases her second stakes crown in Saturday’s $100,000 Ballade, at Woodbine. A six-furlong main track event for Ontario sired fillies & mares, 4-year-olds and upward, the Ballade has attracted a competitive field of 10 starters. Trained by Tino Attard for owners/breeders Elizabeth and Gordon Read more

TORONTO - Woodbine Entertainment has released the latest nomination numbers for The King’s Plate with 70 three-year-old on the trail to the first jewel of the Canadian Triple Crown on August 20, 2023 at Woodbine Racetrack. Below are five interesting Ontario Bred horses eligible for the $1 million race. KALIK (COLLECTED - CORONATION STREET, BY Read more

TORONTO, June 7, 2023 – A pair of Ontario Bred fillies, Courtly Ro and Fashionably Fab, will chase top prize in Saturday’s $125,000 Fury Stakes Presented by Stella Artois, at Woodbine for trainer Kevin Attard. A key prep on the road to this year’s $500,000 Woodbine Oaks Presented by Budweiser (July 23, at Woodbine), the seven-furlong Read more

TORONTO - In the first running of the Pink Lloyd Stakes, Rockcrest rumbled away from his rivals down the lane to take the $100,000 race for Ontario Sired four-year-olds and up at Woodbine Racetrack. Rockcrest, sent off at 6-1 in the six-furlong Tapeta sprint, got away quickly and took his 10 rivals through early splits of Read more